Opera's new security feature stops copy paste attacks from malicious websites
Key takeaways
- Paste Protect offers the first native defense against 'Click Fix clipboard attacks.
- false/Shutterstock Opera has introduced a new safety feature that protects against malicious clipboard attacks, the browser company announced.
- It then brings up a set of instructions ostensibly to complete the verification, like telling you to press "Win+R" to open a run dialog, "Ctrl-V" to paste the bad code and "Enter" to run it.
Paste Protect offers the first native defense against 'Click Fix clipboard attacks.
false/Shutterstock Opera has introduced a new safety feature that protects against malicious clipboard attacks, the browser company announced. "With Paste Protect, Opera becomes the first major browser to include a native protection and warning system against Click Fix-based cyberattacks, which accounted for over half of malware loading cyber attacks in 2025," the company wrote in a blog post.
"What the heck is ClickFix?" I hear you asking. Seraph Secure describes it as a "surprisingly ordinary" attack that doesn't rely on "scary warnings." Often under the guise of a Captcha prompt, ClickFix copies malicious code into your computer's clipboard when you click the "I'm not a robot" or similar button. It then brings up a set of instructions ostensibly to complete the verification, like telling you to press "Win+R" to open a run dialog, "Ctrl-V" to paste the bad code and "Enter" to run it.